Gudi Padwa & Ugadi 2027 Date: 7 April, Hindu New Year
Gudi Padwa and Ugadi 2027 are on Wednesday, 7 April 2027, the first day of the bright half of Chaitra and the start of the Hindu lunar new year in Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The Pratipada tithi runs from 5:20 AM on 7 April to 4:28 AM on 8 April (New Delhi).
| Date | Wednesday, 7 April 2027 |
| Tithi | Chaitra Shukla Pratipada |
| Pratipada tithi (New Delhi) | 5:20 AM, 7 April to 4:28 AM, 8 April |
| New Shaka year | Shaka Samvat 1949 begins (per Drik Panchang) |
| Same day | Chaitra Navratri begins |
What is Gudi Padwa?
Gudi Padwa is the Marathi and Konkani New Year. Families raise a gudi outside the home: a bamboo staff topped with an upturned brass or copper pot, wrapped in a bright silk cloth and decorated with neem leaves, mango leaves, a garland of flowers and a string of sugar crystals (gathi). The gudi is seen as a flag of victory and prosperity; popular tradition links it to Rama’s return to Ayodhya and to the victories of the Shalivahana dynasty, after which the Shaka era is named.
What is Ugadi?
Ugadi (Yugadi, “the beginning of an age”) is the New Year in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The day begins with an oil bath, new clothes and mango-leaf torans at the door. The special dish, Ugadi pachadi (bevu-bella in Karnataka), combines six tastes — neem flowers (bitter), jaggery (sweet), raw mango (sour), tamarind, salt and chilli — as a reminder that the year ahead will bring every kind of experience. Families also listen to the Panchanga Shravanam, the reading of the new year’s almanac.
Other new year festivals on and around this day
- Cheti Chand (Sindhi New Year) usually falls the next day.
- Navreh is the Kashmiri Pandit New Year on Chaitra Pratipada.
- Solar new years such as Vaisakhi, Vishu, Puthandu, Pohela Boishakh and Bohag Bihu fall around 14–15 April 2027.
How Gudi Padwa and Ugadi are celebrated
- Early-morning oil bath and new clothes.
- Cleaning the home, rangoli and mango-leaf torans.
- Raising the gudi at sunrise (Maharashtra).
- Eating neem leaves with jaggery or Ugadi pachadi.
- Festive food: puran poli and shrikhand in Maharashtra; obbattu/holige and pulihora in the South.
- Shobha yatras (processions) in many Maharashtrian cities.
Frequently asked questions
When is Gudi Padwa 2027?
Wednesday, 7 April 2027.
When is Ugadi 2027?
Also Wednesday, 7 April 2027; Ugadi and Gudi Padwa fall on the same day.
